Art world media & education for artists and collectors
How do people actually succeed in the art world?
Hi, I'm Moriah Alise. Every week we show up on YouTube, on Instagram, and in person to break down how artists, collectors, and dealers really get ahead, with the people who've done it. Get the free Letter and you'll hear it first.
Derrick Adams · Dr. Joy Simmons · Lester Marks · Richard Beavers · Evita Tezeno · Ayesha Selden · Amarie Gipson · Ryan N. Dennis · Tanya Weddemire · Anwarii Musa · Kavi Gupta · Dexter Wimberly · Lindsay Adams · Jessica Phifer · Sean Green · Temi Coker · Martellus Bennett · Rashad Delph · Larry Ossei-Mensah · The Anita & Gerald Smith Collection · The Rashad Delph Collection
Year two · Houston
GloryLand 2026
The second annual GloryLand · October 1 to 3, 2026
GloryLand is where we bring the art world together in one place to answer one question: how do you succeed in the contemporary art world?
In the room in 2026Ryan N. Dennis · Tanya Weddemire · Anwarii Musa · Kavi Gupta · Jessica Phifer · Sean Green · Dexter Wimberly · Lindsay Adams · Rashad Delph · Temi Coker · Martellus Bennett
Our 2026 partnersObsidian · UOVO · Hotel Saint Augustine · Untitled Art, Houston · PaperCity Magazine · Black Houston Creatives Network · Sweenshots Studios
The replay includes all four Education Day conversations and the live debut of Glory Glory. Watch anytime.
“Is the Art World Rigged?” at GloryLand 2026 · Photo: Troy Montez
Three ways GloryLand answers the question
How do you succeed in the contemporary art world?
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Learn it
Education Day: honest conversations about pricing, galleries, collecting, and what success really takes, with the people who've done it.
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See it
Inside a private collection, and on a guided tour of Untitled Art, Houston, where gallerists privately walk you through what's on view and answer your questions, so you learn how to navigate a fair.
03
Practice it
Glory Glory, our live art-world game show. Two teams take on real scenarios, the whole room votes on their phones, and then we reveal the move an insider would actually make.
“More than I imagined.”
GloryLand 2026 guest
“So many golden nuggets.”
GloryLand 2026 guest
“I had so much fun, and it was so knowledgeable.”
Jackson Smith, collector
“Viewing and learning from professional insiders of Black visual art… and being close and personal with the invited artists.”
Robert L. (The LaVerde Arts), artist
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Glory GloryThe art world scenario game
Glory Glory puts the real decisions artists and collectors face on stage. Two teams of artists and art world insiders draw scenario cards: a collector asking for a big discount, a brand that wants your image, a gallery deal that sounds too good. The whole room votes on their phones, the teams make their move, and then we reveal what an insider would actually do and why.
Friday night, GloryLand 2026Making the caseMoriah hostsThe room votes on every move
Photos: Troy Montez
Your turn: try three real cards from GloryLand 2026
Read the scenario, tap the move you would make, and see what an insider would actually do.
Card 01 · The Trustee
A collector who sits on a major museum's board says, “I'll buy your painting and give it to the museum. But I need 40% off.”
What’s the insider move? Tap one.
Board members don't decide what a museum acquires on their own. The curator and the acquisition committee do, so even a trustee's promise isn't a placement. A gift really can be your way into a museum collection, and full price with no strings could lose that path. Pros get the curator's interest confirmed, then give the kind of discount museums usually get, tied to a real acquisition.
Card 02 · The Copycat Mural
A restaurant chain posts a new mural that looks almost exactly like your signature painting. It's all over Instagram, and they didn't credit you or ask permission.
What’s the insider move? Tap one.
Your work is protected by copyright from the moment you make it, and registering your copyright strengthens your options if it ever comes to a dispute. A public callout can feel good and sometimes works, but it can also lock you out of a paid resolution. Letting it go teaches the market your work is free to take. Pros document everything, make a clear written request, and talk to a lawyer or a volunteer lawyers for the arts program before escalating.
Card 03 · The Buyout
A global brand wants your most recognized painting on a product line. They offer $25,000 to own the image outright, or $8,000 to license it for two years.
What’s the insider move? Tap one.
This is the image people know you by. Sell it outright and you lose control over where it appears, forever. Brands expect a counteroffer, and a strong image gives you room to negotiate. The two-year license protects you but leaves money on the table, and the buyout pays once and costs you the image for the rest of your career. Pros license their best-known work and negotiate the price up.
The 2026 recap · Video by Preshus Guide @preshusguide
The weekend, by the numbers
October 1 to 3 · Hotel Saint Augustine and Untitled Art, Houston
100+people in the room
16states they traveled from
11speakers
184Kviews on Instagram
Plus livestream guests from 6 more states, Washington, DC, and the UK.
The Glory Collective is where I coach you live, every week: Monday Office Hours, the Thursday GloryLab, and real answers for the decision in front of you right now.
Fair coverage, brand stories and live events, made for an audience of artists and collectors and hosted by Moriah. Two recent examples:
Art fair · Untitled Art, Houston x PaperCity
Walking the fair, booth by booth
We walked Untitled Art, Houston 2026 with PaperCity Magazine: the booths, the work, and the dealers behind it. GloryLand was a Media Partner of the fair, and the piece ran as a collab with PaperCity.
UOVO's team came to Moriah's home to pack two large Colby Deal pieces and a Lamonte French work for museum-grade storage. A real collector's story, clearly disclosed, with a tracked code (MORIAH) so the brand can see what it drove.
Glory Glory turns your room into the art world's toughest decisions, played live. Every guest votes from their phone, two teams make their case on stage, and then the insider move is revealed. We bring the host, the cards, the live voting and the screens. You bring the room.
A VIP or ticketed game night during your fair, with cards about collecting, booths and the market, written for your crowd.
Brands + sponsorsPresent the night
Sponsor the evening or the Studio Fund. Your name is on the big screen when the winning artist is crowned, and we can write cards around your world.
Museums, schools + arts orgsProgramming that teaches
Member nights, patron events and student programs where people learn how the art world works by playing it.
Private + corporate eventsA room that talks all night
Collector dinners, client nights and team events, with a card set built for the people in the room.
Your card setWritten for your audience from a bank of nearly 100 real scenarios
No appGuests scan a code and play from their phones
About 75 minutesSeven rounds, two teams, the whole room voting
A local artist winsThe Studio Fund goes to the winning team's artist
Stream itRun it live on Dear Glory's YouTube, too
Played live at GloryLand 2026 during Untitled Art, Houston week, and on Dear Glory Live on YouTube.
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Gen Z is art's biggest spender? Read the fine print.
Dear Glory
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · The Glory Letter
Hi Glory Gang,
This weekend the whole art world was talking about one number. The new Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting found that Gen Z collectors are now the biggest spenders in the market, more than twice any other generation.
A headline is not the same thing as the truth.
So we read the actual report together, line by line. Who really has the money, where it comes from, and the one warning buried in the report that almost nobody is talking about.
A small group of very wealthy twenty-somethings is not the same story as a whole generation. Let's investigate it.
